Friday, December 21, 2012

"As the African National Congress voted Thursday to support the Palestinian call
for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel known as BDS, declaring it was "unapologetic in its view that the
Palestinians are the victims and the oppressed in the conflict with Israel," we
look at a new film that examines the apartheid analogy commonly used to describe
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “Roadmap to Apartheid,” is narrated by
Pulitzer Prize-winning Alice Walker and puts archival footage and interviews
with South Africans, alongside similar material that shows what life is like for
Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and inside Israel. The documentary has
just been released to the public after a year long film festival run, where it
won numerous awards. We are joined by its co-directors, South African-born Ana
Nogueira and Israeli-born Eron Davidson, both longtime journalists...."